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Breguet Acquires An Exceptional Turkish Watch at Auction in Beijing

The Breguet Museum in Genva has gotten its hands on an extremely rare Turkish-style Breguet watch made in 1808 for a dignitary of the Ottoman Empire, for the sum of aproximately $695,000. This represents a record bid for a Breguet watch as well as a record for a pocket-watch auctioned on the inland China market. This historical piece was ordered in 1807 by His Excellency Esseid Ali Effendi, former Turkish ambassador to Paris of the nation nicknamed “The Sublime Portal”, and a personal friend of Abraham-Louis Breguet. The Breguet N 1090 Grande Complication watch is a quarter-repeating model with independent grande and petite READ MORE

Zenith Opens Boutique In Geneva

Zenith opened its new concept boutique on one of Geneva’s busiest streets, the rue du rhône, on Monday December 19th. Much more than a simple store, the Zenith boutique is a whole watchmaking world made draw in visitors to the Manufacture Zenith. the legendary firm that is still located in the exact spot where its founder Georges favre-Jacot first established it in 1865. Following the concept boutique in Hong Kong, the Genva location will be the second concept boutique to feature the new design for Zenith’s points of sales. Even before you enter, you can tell that it is READ MORE

Swatch May Cut Off Supplying Rivals

There is no doubt about it. Swatch components are widely used, outside the brand itself. But that could change as soon as January 1st. The Swatch Group is considering cutting back their sales of the internal copoments to competitors to concentrate on making enough supplies for it’s own brands such as Longines, Omega, Tossot, Breguet and Blancpain. For big pocket brands such as Hublot, the highly success timepiece brand under the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton group that had using Swatch components for years, won’ really be affected much. (In 2007, Hublot invested 40 million francs to develop their own manufacturing READ MORE

Blancpain and Guitar Aficionado Celebrated the Holiday Seasons with “Masters of Music and Time”

On Thursday Dec 15th, Blancpain U.S. Brand President Mr. Adam Bossi hosted a special event at the brand’s Madison Avenue boutique with Guitar Aficionado celebrating the artistry of guitars and timepieces, bonded seamlessly by design, craftsmanship and intricate materials. The event featured 10 classic electric guitar pieces along Blancpain’s most recent and notable collections. Included on display were three legendary guitars made in 1953, an Epiphone Emperor with Amp, a Gibson Les Paul Gold top and a 1953 Fender Telecaster. The year 1953 holds special meaning forBlancpain as it is the year in which the brand launched the Fifty Fathoms watch, the world’s first practical dive watch and one of the READ MORE

Swatch Watch Collection Sells For Over $6 Million

A collection of 4,363 Swatch watches from over the years sold in Hong Kong recently for $6,650,00. Swiss businessman Peter Blum and his wife Linda put together prototypes, hybrids and production variants never brought to market to create one one of the most complete collections of Swatch watches ever. This includes the rare first Swatch watches from the early 1980s and sought-after prototypes designed by the American artist Keith Haring, as well as the artist’s legendary Swatch watches Modele avec Personnage, Milles Pattes, Serpent and Blanc sur Noir. Other rare pieces in the collection included Swatch watches created by artists Mimmo READ MORE

The Lotos Club Hosts a Special Watchmaking Event Featuring Vacheron Constantin

On December 1, Members of The Special Events Committee of The Lotos Club, one of the oldest literary clubs in the United States, hosted their very first watchmaking event for Club members in New York. Approximately 50 guests attended the sold out event, many of whom were watch collectors and enthusiasts, to learn more about watches through the words of three venerable professionals in the world of watchmaking. Hugues de Pins, president of Vacheron Constantin North America, Michael Clerizo, contributing watch editor for WSJ Magazine and author of the beautifully illustrated book, Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking, andFrançois-Paul Journe, legendary Swiss watchmaker and founder of F.P. READ MORE

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Andre Frazier

POSTS BY Andre Frazier

Breguet Acquires An Exceptional Turkish Watch at Auction in Beijing

Zenith Opens Boutique In Geneva

Swatch May Cut Off Supplying Rivals

Blancpain and Guitar Aficionado Celebrated the Holiday Seasons with “Masters of Music and Time”

Swatch Watch Collection Sells For Over $6 Million

The Lotos Club Hosts a Special Watchmaking Event Featuring Vacheron Constantin

Watches With a Cause: Patek Philippe Releases Its First-Ever Titanium Ref. 5270 & It’s Going To Auction For Charity

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